Association of sleep quality and sleep duration with serum uric acid levels in adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To date, the association between sleep duration or sleep quality and hyperuricemia has remained unclear. In addition, sleep duration and quality were not considered concomitantly in previous studies. Thus, this study was aimed toward an examination of the association of sleep duration and quality with uric acid level in a Taiwanese population.

Methods

A total of 4,555 patients aged ≥18 years were enrolled in this study. The sleep duration was classified into three groups: short (<7 h), normal (7-9 h), and long (≥9 h). The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was used to evaluate sleep quality, and poor sleep quality was defined as a global PSQI score of >5.

Results

Poor sleepers were younger and had lower body mass index, blood pressure, uric acid, blood su

SUBMITTER: Chou YT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7497980 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature